Communities of small mammals in six grass-dominated habitats of Southeastern Oklahoma

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 262-268

  Clark, Bryon K ^a   Clark, Brenda S ^a   Homerding, Todd R ^a   Munsterman, Walter E ^a  

^a SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRASSLAND; HABITAT MOSAIC; MAMMAL;

OKLAHOMA; USA;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MAMMALIA; SIGMODON HISPIDUS;

EID: 0031749238     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1998)139[0262:COSMIS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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